Guard for gas heating-stoves.



No. 849,319. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

,V. W. BLANGHARD. GUARD FOR GAS HEATING STOVES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1906,

VIRGIL W. BLANOHARD, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

GUARD FOFI GAS HEATlNG-STOVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed January 22,1906. Serial No. 297,262.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, V IRGIL WV. BLANCHARD, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Gas Heating-Stoves, and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanymg drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improved guard or hood especially designed for gas heatingstoves, and this hood is adapted to be placed over the upper portion of the stove to prevent children or clothing brushing thereagainst and being injured thereby. At the same time the hood is designed not to obstruct the free outflow of gases or the radiation of heat.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the hood, as hereinafter described and claimed, and is fully illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional elevation of the hood, showing the heating-stove covered thereby in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the hood, and Figs. 3 and 1. are detail views of the upper wire-clamping members of the hood.

The hood, as shown, comprises an annular band A of a diameter large enough to encir cle the heater over which the hood is to be placed. This band is provided at intervals on its inner face with vertical notches a, in which are secured the lower ends of rods or wires B, which are clamped to the band A by means of inner segments A, fitted to the inner surface of band A and secured thereto by screws or rivets a, as shown, so that each segment A will secure a number of rods B in position. The outer faces of segments A should be notched, as at (L to register with the notches a in the band A, and thus form a close clamping fit around the lower ends of the rods B in the notches a.

The rods B are arranged in an annular series around the band and extend to the desired height above the top of the stove for which the hood is designed and then are bent inwardly and converge toward a central top plece C, which is provided on its under side with a series of radial notches 0, into which the upper ends of rods B are fitted and secured by means of clamp-segments C, which are provided with notches c, registering with the notches c in top piece C, to which the sections are secured by rivets or screws 0. In this manner a strong light protective hood is formed of very simple and economical con struction.

The top piece C may be provided with apertures C and with a handpiece (3, as shown.

In the drawings I have indicated a heating-stove S in dotted lines in Fig. l to show the relative position of the hood and stove for which it is particularly designed. Of course the length and diameter of the hood can be varied to suit the stove to which it is to be applied, and the curvature of the rods B may be likewise varied.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is+- 1. The herein-described hood comprising 'an annular base-band having notches on its inner face, segments attached to said band, a top plate having a series of radially-disposed notches on itsunder surface, a series of segments detachably attached to the under side of the top plate, and a series of parallel rods or wires having their lower ends confined in the notches of the band by its clampingplates, and having their upper ends confined in the notches of the top plate by its clamping-segments all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein described hood comprising an annular base-band having vertical notches in its inner face, segments attached to said band having notches on their outer faces registering with those in the base-band, a top plate having a series of radially-disposed notches on its under surface, a series of segments detachably attached to the under side of the clamp-plate, and an annular series of parallel rods or wires having their lower ends confined in the notches of the band and its clamping-plates, and having their upper ends bent inwardly and confined in the notches of the top plate and its clamping-segments all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afllX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VIRGIL WV. BLANCIIARD. 

